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Bay Ridge-95th Street (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
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Bay Ridge – 95th Street is the southern terminal station
on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line
of the New York City Subway
. Despite the name, the station is actually located in the Brooklyn
neighborhood of Fort Hamilton
(as its original name implies) at the intersection of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue. It is served by the R
train at all times.
This underground station, opened on October 27, 1927 and refurbished in the late 1970s, has two tracks and one island platform
. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the south end of the platform. It was the last to be built for the Forth Avenue Line and is geographically the westernmost in the subway. This station is built on the west side of Fourth Avenue due to plans for an express line underneath the Narrows to Staten Island that never materialized.
Both platform walls have their original mosaic trim line with name tablets reading "95TH STREET." in Times New Roman font along the entire station except for a small section at the north end, where the platform was extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard "B" Division train length of 600 feet. Here, the wall is bare black.
This station has two mezzanine
s above the platform and tracks, but mosaic directional signs indicate they were originally one full-length mezzanine. The closed-off sections are now used for employee-only spaces.
The station's larger, full-time mezzanine is at the south end. It has two staircases from each platform, turnstile
bank, token booth, two restrooms, and two staircases going up to either western corners of Fourth Avenue and 95th Street. A passageway leads to another staircase that is built inside alcove of 9488 Fifth Avenue.
The station's other mezzanine is unstaffed, containing one staircase from the platform, High Entry/Exit Turnstiles, and two staircases going up to either southern corners of 93rd Street and Fifth Avenue.
South of this station, there at the end of the tracks for a planned extension to 101st Street. There were also plans to construct an underground storage yard here.
The Dyker Heights campus of Poly Prep Country Day School
is nearby.
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on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line
The Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. Fourth Avenue never had a streetcar line or elevated railway due to the provisions of the assessment charged to neighboring property owners when the street...
of the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...
. Despite the name, the station is actually located in the Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
neighborhood of Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton is a neighborhood in the far southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is located south of, and often considered part of, Bay Ridge. The area stretches from 86th Street as its northern border to 101st Street/the Narrows at the south; it is bounded by New York...
(as its original name implies) at the intersection of 95th Street and Fourth Avenue. It is served by the R
R (New York City Subway service)
The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow on the route sign and on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.The R service operates at all times...
train at all times.
This underground station, opened on October 27, 1927 and refurbished in the late 1970s, has two tracks and one island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the south end of the platform. It was the last to be built for the Forth Avenue Line and is geographically the westernmost in the subway. This station is built on the west side of Fourth Avenue due to plans for an express line underneath the Narrows to Staten Island that never materialized.
Both platform walls have their original mosaic trim line with name tablets reading "95TH STREET." in Times New Roman font along the entire station except for a small section at the north end, where the platform was extended in the 1950s to accommodate the current standard "B" Division train length of 600 feet. Here, the wall is bare black.
This station has two mezzanine
Mezzanine (architecture)
In architecture, a mezzanine or entresol is an intermediate floor between main floors of a building, and therefore typically not counted among the overall floors of a building. Often, a mezzanine is low-ceilinged and projects in the form of a balcony. The term is also used for the lowest balcony in...
s above the platform and tracks, but mosaic directional signs indicate they were originally one full-length mezzanine. The closed-off sections are now used for employee-only spaces.
The station's larger, full-time mezzanine is at the south end. It has two staircases from each platform, turnstile
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
bank, token booth, two restrooms, and two staircases going up to either western corners of Fourth Avenue and 95th Street. A passageway leads to another staircase that is built inside alcove of 9488 Fifth Avenue.
The station's other mezzanine is unstaffed, containing one staircase from the platform, High Entry/Exit Turnstiles, and two staircases going up to either southern corners of 93rd Street and Fifth Avenue.
South of this station, there at the end of the tracks for a planned extension to 101st Street. There were also plans to construct an underground storage yard here.
The Dyker Heights campus of Poly Prep Country Day School
Poly Prep Country Day School
'Poly Prep Country Day School is headquartered in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. Initially founded as part of the Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, Poly Prep now offers classes from the nursery grade to 12th grade, occupying buildings on two campuses...
is nearby.
External links
- Station Reporter — R Train
- The Subway Nut - Bay Ridge – 95th Street Station Pictures
- 95th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- 93rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View